title: Surgery for constipation: irrational things for desperate people?
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Clinic Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Penninckx
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lestar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kerremans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003248:Constipation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003672:Defecation; D005260:Female; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities